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Origin

Old English; earliest use found in The Aldhelm Glosses. Cognate with Old Icelandic roði, Norwegian rode, Swedish regional rudi, ruda, roda from an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Indo-European base of red. Compare later red<br>late 15th century (in an earlier sense). Origin uncertain; apparently related to (later) redd although the relationship between the forms is difficult to account for. Compare rodding<br>Old English (in an earlier sense). From rud. Compare ruddy and red.